Word: dail
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...general polling, the long-ruling Fianna Fail Party suffered its worst setback in 50 years, losing at least 10 of its 77 seats in the 166-member Dail, while the big winner was the Labour Party, which more than doubled its parliamentary roster. It remained unclear whether the new coalition government will be headed by Fianna Fail's Albert Reynolds, the current Prime Minister, or Labour's Dick Spring, now Ireland's most popular politician...
...cases of sexual and employment disadvantage to women. She fought for legalizing birth control and divorce (or "the divorce," as it is known locally). For years she was active in the Labour Party, serving 20 years in the Senate, but her two attempts to run for the more powerful Dail, the lower house of Parliament, ended in defeat. She finally broke with the party because she thought it was intransigent on the Northern Ireland question. A reunified island is perhaps her ultimate goal. In addition, she and her husband helped establish the Irish Center for European Law in Dublin...